Inside 'sober homes'

November 15, 2011 8:08 PM

Hidden in plain sight across Long Island, "sober homes" are meant as a safe haven for recovering drug and alcohol abusers. But a News 12 Long Island and Newsday special report finds that more often they're unsupervised -- and anything but sober. Videography by Dave Garden, Brian Jingeleski, James Carbone and Thomas Maier; Editing by Dan Scaturro (Nov. 10, 2011)

Hidden in plain sight across Long Island, "sober homes" are meant as a safe haven for recovering drug and alcohol abusers. But a News 12 Long Island and Newsday special report finds that more often they're unsupervised -- and anything but sober. Videography by Dave Garden, Brian Jingeleski, James Carbone and Thomas Maier; Editing by Dan Scaturro (Nov. 10, 2011) (Credit: )

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Hidden in plain sight across Long Island, "sober homes" are meant as a safe haven for recovering drug and alcohol abusers. But a News 12 Long Island and Newsday special report finds that more often they're unsupervised -- and anything but sober. Videography by Dave Garden, Brian Jingeleski, James Carbone and Thomas Maier; Editing by Dan Scaturro (Nov. 10, 2011)